Month: May 2023

Military Order Seals Lingfield Trials Double For Godolphin

With match fitness an advantage leading into Saturday's Listed Fitzdares Lingfield Derby Trial S., it was Godolphin nominee and G1 Betfred Derby entry Military Order (Ire) (Frankel {GB}–Anna Salai, by Dubawi {Ire}) who stepped forward for a career high in the 12-furlong test.

He set the seal on a Lingfield Trials double for the Godolphin-Appleby-Buick triumvirate with a 1 1/4-length success from impressive Newmarket winner Waipiro (Ire) (Australia {GB}), with The King's Listed Newmarket S. runner-up Circle Of Fire (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}) trailing home 4 1/4 lengths adrift in third.

The even-money favourite slipped from an early third passing the judge first time to race fifth along the backstraight. Seizing an opening and quickening smartly to gain a narrow advantage rounding the home turn, he was tackled by Waipiro at the top of the straight and stayed on powerfully under a late drive to defeat that rival in ultimately snug fashion.

Prior to winning on seasonal return at Newbury last month, Military Order backed up an Oct. 1 debut fourth at HQ with a breakthrough score back there later that month in the second of two juvenile outings.

It was a first success in the contest for Charlie Appleby, who said, “I was delighted with that, he learnt plenty today and it was a great ride by William [Buick]. We were going in there today with confidence based on what he had achieved to date. It was a mile-and-a-half and he saw it out well. He has a pedigree and a profile that is coming along very nicely into, hopefully, a Derby horse. I know he has now gone joint-favourite [in betting lists for the Derby] and deservedly so. We will obviously now be keeping an eye on what happens next week in the [G2] Dante [at York], but I was very pleased with him. I'm just delighted to see Military Order confirm he is the horse we feel he hopefully is going forward.”

Buick added, “He did everything I asked him, he's come through that really well and will have learnt plenty. Today was a different test to Newbury, but when I asked him to quicken into a gap running downhill he didn't hesitate. He was totally relaxed and beautifully balanced.”

Military Order, the fifth of six live foals, is one of two scorers produced by GSW G1 Irish 1000 Guineas runner-up Anna Salai (Dubawi {Ire}), the other being G1 Derby and G1 King George hero Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Adayar ran second in the 2021 renewal of this contest on the turf. The April-foaled homebred bay is also half to an unnamed 2-year-old filly by Exceed And Excel (Aus). Anna Salai is kin to three stakes performers and to the dams of G1 Prix Lean-Luc Lagardere-winning sire National Defense (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and stakes-winning G1 Woolavington 2000 third Dubai Gina (Aus) (Dubai Destination).

Saturday, Lingfield, Britain
FITZDARES LINGFIELD DERBY TRIAL S.-Listed, £60,000, Lingfield, 5-13, 3yo, c/g, 12f (AWT), 2:27.74, st.
1–MILITARY ORDER (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Anna Salai (GSW-Fr, G1SP-Ire, SP-Eng, $158,818), by Dubawi (Ire)
2nd Dam: Anna Palariva (Ire), by Caerleon
3rd Dam: Anna Of Saxony (GB), by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £34,488. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $85,466. *Full to Adayar (Ire), MG1SW-Eng, $2,381,321.
2–Waipiro (Ire), 128, c, 3, Australia (GB)–London Plane (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-P K Siu; B-Shane Molan (IRE); T-Ed Walker. £13,086.
3–Circle Of Fire (GB), 128, c, 3, Almanzor (Fr)–Fiery Sunset (GB), by Galileo (Ire). O-HM The King & HM The Queen; B-The Queen (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £6,546.
Margins: 1 1/4, 4 1/4, 2. Odds: 1.00, 10.00, 2.75.
Also Ran: Laafi (Fr), Think First (Ire), Ndaawi (GB), Regal Empire (Ire), Inquiring Minds (GB).

 

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Godolphin’s Eternal Hope Subdues Lingfield Oaks Trial Rivals

Godolphin's Eternal Hope (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}–Voice Of Truth {Ire}, by Dubawi {Ire}) does not possess a ticket for next month's G1 Oaks, but qualifies to be one of the first in line for the supplementary stage after a stylish victory in Saturday's Listed Fitzdares Oaks Trial at Lingfield.

She had yet to make a start on the turf and continued that trend after the day's stakes contests were switched to the track's synthetic surface. The homebred chestnut, untested as a juvenile, followed up a Feb. 13 debut third tackling an extended nine furlongs at Wolverhampton with a Feb. 25 breakthrough over 10 furlongs at Chelmsford in her only other start.

Eternal Hope was steadied to stalk the pace in fourth through halfway in this stakes bow. Inching closer with three furlongs remaining, the 9-4 second choice made headway under pressure off the home turn to challenge passing the furlong marker and was driven out from there to subdue Ballydoyle's 6-5 favourite Be Happy (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) by an ultimately comfortable 1 3/4 lengths.

It was a day of breakthroughs for Charlie Appleby, who took his first renewal of a contest won by just one subsequent Oaks winner, Anapurna (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in 2019, this century. “She had experience on the synthetics and travelled round there well,” he said. “She picked up well and saw it out well, so I was really pleased with that. What sort of strength of depth was in there, we will have to wait and see. In terms of supplementing her for an Oaks, we didn't run her in the [Listed] Pretty Polly at Newmarket because of the ground, so that would have to be something we keep an eye on. The likelihood is we will look more towards the [G2] Ribblesdale [at Royal Ascot] with her, but I'm not saying we won't supplement. We will be keeping an eye on the Oaks picture.”

Eternal Hope is the second of four foals and lone winner from two runners produced by a winning half-sister to MG1SW sire Rio De La Plata (Rahy), G1SW sire El Expresivo (Arg) (Candy Stripes) and GSP sire Epsilon (Arg) (Acceptable). She is full to a yearling filly and a half to the unraced 2-year-old filly Word's Out (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}).

Saturday, Lingfield, Britain
FITZDARES OAKS TRIAL FILLIES' S.-Listed, £45,000, Lingfield, 5-13, 3yo, f, 12f (AWT), 2:30.89, st.
1–ETERNAL HOPE (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Voice Of Truth (Ire), by Dubawi (Ire)
2nd Dam: Express Way (Arg), by Ahmad (Arg)
3rd Dam: Escaline, by Hawk II (Brz)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £25,866. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $40,821.
2–Be Happy (Ire), 128, f, 3, Camelot (GB)–Frequential (GB), by Dansili (GB). (340,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Michael Tabor Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Westerberg; B-Lynch Bages Ltd & Longfield Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. £9,815.
3–Ferrari Queen (Ire), 128, f, 3, Decorated Knight (GB)–Katch Me Katie (GB), by Danehill. (€18,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR). O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Irish National Stud (IRE); T-Charlie Johnston. £4,910.
Margins: 1 3/4, 3/4, NO. Odds: 2.25, 1.20, 16.00.
Also Ran: Ghara (GB), Bright Diamond (Ire), Sunset Point (GB), Climate Friendly (GB), Perfect Prophet (GB), Fox Flame (GB).

 

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Cheveley Park Stud’s Sacred Powers To Chartwell Triumph

Cheveley Park Stud's Sacred (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}–Sacre Caroline, by Blame) had failed in three prior attempts at Group 1 level, but top-table options remain open after she collected a third pattern-race triumph in Saturday's recalibrated G3 Fitzdares Chartwell Fillies' S. at Lingfield.

She was making her first start on a synthetic surface here and 2021's G3 Nell Gwyn S. and G2 Hungerford S. victrix returned to action for this seven-furlong heat coming back off a second over the same trip in October's G2 Challenge S. at Newmarket.

Sacred went postward as the well-backed 13-8 favourite and was steadied to employ patient tactics in rear after an alert getaway. Shaken up to close into the short home straight, she quickened in impressive fashion to pounce out wide with 100 yards remaining and powered clear in style from there, hitting the line strong and 2 1/4 lengths clear of familiar rival Sandrine (GB) (Bobby's Kitten).

“We've kept her in training to try to win a Group 1 with her, remembering she was only beaten a length in the Jubilee last year,” explained Cheveley Park's Max McLoughlin. “She's a high-class filly and a Group 2 winner, and it was great to see her do it so impressively. She will go to [Royal] Ascot and could have another crack at the [G1] Jubilee. She's also in the Duke of Edinburgh.”

Ryan Moore, having notched a second win in the race, added, “She's a lovely filly who has won multiple Group races, and the all-weather round here suited her. She quickened up very well and I was impressed with her.”

Pedigree Notes
Sacred is the first of five foals and one of two winners from three runners out of a winning half-sister to MGISW US champion distaffer Lady Eli (Divine Park), GIII Regret S. and GIII Mint Julep H. victrix Bizzy Caroline (Afleet Alex) and GIII Jimmy Durante third Princesa Caroline (American Pharoah). The April-foaled bay is a half-sister to the unraced 2-year-old colt Joycean Way (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}) and a yearling filly by Frankel (GB). Descendants of her third dam Kazadancoa (Fr) (Green Dancer) include MGISW distaffer Spiced Perfection (Smiling Tiger), G1 Racing Post Trophy-winning sire Palace Episode (Machiavellian), GISW Canadian champion Spring In The Air (Spring At Last) and GI Spinaway S. winner Sweet Loretta (Tapit).

Saturday, Lingfield, Britain
FITZDARES CHARTWELL FILLIES' S.-G3, £60,000, Lingfield, 5-13, 3yo/up, f, 7f 1y (AWT), 1:21.50, st.
1–SACRED (GB), 132, m, 5, by Exceed And Excel (Aus)
1st Dam: Sacre Caroline, by Blame
2nd Dam: Sacre Coeur, by Saint Ballado
3rd Dam: Kazadancoa (Fr), by Green Dancer
O/B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-William Haggas; J-Ryan Moore. £34,488. Lifetime Record: 14-5-4-0, $313,266. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Sandrine (GB), 132, f, 4, Bobby's Kitten–Seychelloise (GB), by Pivotal (GB). O/B-Kirsten Rausing (GB); T-Andrew Balding. £13,086.
3–Queen Aminatu (GB), 132, f, 4, Muhaarar (GB)–Zeb Un Nisa (GB), by Iffraaj (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (28,000gns RNA Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-A E Oppenheimer; B-Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd (GB); T-William Haggas. £6,546.
Margins: 2 1/4, HF, NK. Odds: 1.63, 2.25, 3.50.
Also Ran: Secret Angel (Ire), White Moonlight, Candle Of Hope (GB), Nizaaka (Fr), Love Interest (GB).

 

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Emirates Poule d’Essai Des Poulains: Where Did They Come From?

by Brian Sheerin & Heather Anderson

This colts' Classic appears to be Isaac Shelby (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire})'s to lose, after his G3 Greenham S. romp at Newbury. The Wathnan Racing runner is set to lock horns with the Coolmore partners' G3 2000 Guineas Trial S. winner Hans Andersen (GB) (Frankel {GB}) among others, and, with only 10 runners, the draw is of minimal concern in Paris.

 

BREIZH SKY (FR), Pedro The Great–Anna Danse (Fr) (Anabaa)
'TDN Rising Star'
Owner: Alain Jathiere, Louis Baudron Et Al
Breeder: Haras des Evees, D & Mme C Cherdo
Trainer: Alessandro & Giuseppe Botti
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: Placed at Group 1 level at two, he is the best of four winners for his dam. From the family of G1 German Oaks winner Toskana Belle (Fr) (Shamalgan {Fr}), this listed scorer could emerge with a piece of the spoils.

 

 

MARHABA YA SANAFI (IRE), Muhaarar (GB)–Danega (GB) (Galileo {Ire})
Owner: Jaber Abdullah
Breeder: Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd.
Trainer: Andreas Schutz
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: Second dam Danelissima (Ire) (Danehill) won the G3 Noblesse S., and this colt's extended family features Group 1 winners Intense Focus (Giant's Causeway) and Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy). Led early in the G3 Prix de Fontainbleau, but this March foal faces an uphill battle.

 

VALIMI (FR), Teofilo (Ire)–Valdaya (Fr) (Acclamation {GB})
Owner: His Highness The Aga Khan
Breeder: Haras de S A Aga Khan SCEA
Trainer: Jean-Claude Rouget
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: Produced by a half-sister to G1 Prix de Diane winner Valyra (GB) (Azamour {Ire}), Valimi has yet to be worse than second in three starts. However, this colts' Classic is his first try in black-type company.

 

 

KENDLY (FR), Kendargent (Fr)–Kindly Dismiss (Fr) (Excellent Art {GB})
Owner: Gerard Augustin-Normand & Stephen Lahmi
Breeder: Guy Pariente Holding
Trainer: Philippe Sogorb
Sales History: €38,000 Arqana October yearling
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: This stakes-winning brother to stakes winner Surrey Mist (Fr) is related to GI Garden City S. heroine Alterite (Fr) (Literato {Ire}). Second to budding favourite American Flag (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) previously, he needs to step forward again here.

 

KNIGHT (IRE), Mehmas (Ire)–Fidaaha (Ire) (New Approach {Ire})
'TDN Rising Star'
Owner: KHK Racing Ltd.
Breeder: Tally-Ho Stud
Trainers: Simon & Ed Crisford
Sales History: 210,000gns Tattersall October Book 1 yearling
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: The G3 Horris Hill S. winner is a brother to the classy Malavath (Ire), and their dam is a half-sister to multiple group winner Steip Amach (Ire) (Vocalised). Adrift in Isaac Shelby's G3 Greenham, Knight will need to run a career best to gain Classic laurels.

 

AMERICAN FLAG (FR), Wootton Bassett (GB)–Tres Americanqueen (Fr) (American Post {GB})
Owner: Malcolm Parrish
Breeder: Chevotel De La Hauquerie
Trainer: Yann Barberot
Sales History: €102,000 Arqana August yearling
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: A half-brother to four individual winners, he is the eighth foal out of Tres Americanqueen, herself a half-sister to six black-type horses. They include German Derby runner-up Tres Blue (Ire) (Anabaa Blue {GB}). American Flag has been impressive in both of his starts this season and sets a good standard.

 

 

GOOD GUESS (GB), Kodiac (GB)–Zykina (GB) (Pivotal {GB})
Owner: Hisaaki Saito
Breeder: Cheveley Park Stud Limited
Trainer: Fabrice Chappet
Sales History: 420,000gns buy at Tattersalls October Book 1
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: Half-brother to Group 3 winner Spangled (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), nine-time winner Jumira Bridge (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and two other winners. Hails from a good family, with his dam Zykina being a daughter of 1000 Guineas and four-time Group 1 winner Russian Rhythm (Kingmambo). On the up but improvement required to get involved.

 

 

ISAAC SHELBY (GB), Night Of Thunder (Ire)–Kentucky Belle (Ire) (Heliostatic {Ire})
Owner: Wathnan Racing
Breeder: Elaine Chivers
Trainer: Brian Meehan
Sales History: £92,000 Goffs UK Premier yearling; sold privately after G3 Greenham S. win.
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: Dam an unraced half-sister to U.S. Grade II winner Ramazutti (Honor Grades). Hugely impressive winner of the Greenham on his return, after which, his trainer stated that all roads would lead here. Looks a major player and a fascinating first runner for his new owners in Europe.

 

 

HANS ANDERSEN (GB), Frankel (GB)–Shadow Hunter (Ire) (Arcano {Ire})
'TDN Rising Star'
Owner: Westerberg, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith
Breeder: Sun Bloodstock
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Sales History: Tattersalls Book 1 yearling buy at 450,000gns
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: Dam a Listed-winning two-year-old over five furlongs out of a half-sister to 1000 Guineas-placed Super Sleuth (Ire) (Selkirk). Hans Anderson was an impressive winner of a 2000 Guineas trial at Leopardstown on his return and could be open to plenty of improvement.

 


KUBRICK (Ire), Dubawi (Ire)–Rosa Bonheur (Mr. Greeley)
Owner/Breeder: White Birch Farm
Trainer: Jean-Claude Rouget
Pedigree Notes/Form Analysis: Half-brother to Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}), a triple Grade I winner in America, out of the listed-placed Rosa Bonheur, who in turn is a daughter of the Group 2-winning Rolly Polly (Ire) (Mukaddamah). Well-held by Good Guess on his seasonal return.

 

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